학술논문

Propagation and generation of Josephson radiation in superconductor/insulator superlattices alternately containing two different barriers
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics IEEE Trans. Magn. Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on. 23(2):1154-1157 Mar, 1987
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Insulation
Superlattices
Superconducting transition temperature
Superconducting epitaxial layers
Superconducting filters
Josephson junctions
Maxwell equations
Integral equations
Differential equations
Lagrangian functions
Language
ISSN
0018-9464
1941-0069
Abstract
The sine-Gordon equation for a Josephson coupled superconductor/insulator superlattice is derived using a Lagrangian formalism. This equation has essentially the same form as that given eariler by Kulik for a single Josephson junction but with different parameters. For the case of S/I superlattices alternately containing two different barrier thicknesses, the behavior of the propagation and generation of the Josephson radiation is governed by two coupled sine-Gordon equations, which results in two photon branches separated by a frequency gap. Some potential applications of these structures, involving increased outputs of the Josephson radiation and two hand filters, are discussed.